WO1990006498A2 - Loss detection - Google Patents
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- WO1990006498A2 WO1990006498A2 PCT/GB1989/001454 GB8901454W WO9006498A2 WO 1990006498 A2 WO1990006498 A2 WO 1990006498A2 GB 8901454 W GB8901454 W GB 8901454W WO 9006498 A2 WO9006498 A2 WO 9006498A2
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G01M11/00—Testing of optical apparatus; Testing structures by optical methods not otherwise provided for
- G01M11/30—Testing of optical devices, constituted by fibre optics or optical waveguides
- G01M11/31—Testing of optical devices, constituted by fibre optics or optical waveguides with a light emitter and a light receiver being disposed at the same side of a fibre or waveguide end-face, e.g. reflectometers
- G01M11/3109—Reflectometers detecting the back-scattered light in the time-domain, e.g. OTDR
- G01M11/3136—Reflectometers detecting the back-scattered light in the time-domain, e.g. OTDR for testing of multiple fibers
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
- H04B10/07—Arrangements for monitoring or testing transmission systems; Arrangements for fault measurement of transmission systems
- H04B10/071—Arrangements for monitoring or testing transmission systems; Arrangements for fault measurement of transmission systems using a reflected signal, e.g. using optical time domain reflectometers [OTDR]
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- This invention relates to detection and measurement of losses in a branched optical fibre network.
- faults in optical fibres can be located by an OTDR (optical time domain reflectometer).
- An OTDR launches a pulse of light into a fibre, and backscattered light is monitored for abrupt changes indicative of a fault, the time between pulse launch and the detection of the light at the launch end being indicative of the distance along the fibre that the fault occurs.
- back scattered light there may be a Fresnel reflection from the far end of the fibre.
- the information relating to any branch line has only a strength related to the backscattering from the portion of the pulse in that branch line superimposed on the information from all the other branch, lines, which will decrease the resolution thereby reducing the dynamic range of the instrument and sensitivity of attenuation measurement in a particular branch line.
- an OTDR at present has a backscatter range limitation of approximately 20dB for a 100ns pulse width.
- the branch lines are of substantial length and/or diversity, it may not be possible to monitor the entire network by normal OTDR methods. In any event, specific branch line(s) at fault would not be identified.
- the aim of the present invention is to enable
- the present invention provides a method of detecting loss in .a branched optical fibre network comprising a first optical fibre and a plurality of second optical fibres each of which is coupled to the first optical fibre, the first optical fibre constituting a main line and the second optical fibres constituting branch lines, a respective reflector being associated with each of the branch lines, the method comprising the steps of launching a pulse into the main line and monitoring the main line for changes in attenuation of reflected signals returning from the reflectors.
- the reflected signals are monitored with respect to a reference signal.
- the reflected signals are monitored with respect to a reference reflection signal from a location positioned in the main line.
- pulses pulses of different frequency are launched into the main line, and reflection from
- the invention also provides apparatus for detecting losses in a branched optical fibre network comprising a first optical fibre and a plurality of second optical fibres each of which is coupled to the first optical fibre, the first optical fibre constituting a main line and the second optical fibres constituting branch lines, the apparatus comprising means for launching a pulse into the main line, a respective reflector located in the path of the pulse in each of the branch lines, and means for monitoring the main line for changes in attenuation of reflected signals returning from the reflectors.
- At least one of the branch lines is provided with a plurality of reflectors, and the apparatus further comprises means for generating a reference signal, said means being located in the path of the pulse.
- a reference reflector located in the main line may
- Each reflector may be located within the associated branch line. Alternatively, each reflector is located externally of the associated branch line. In this case, each reflector may be located at a termination of the associated branch line.
- each reflector is a passive optical reflector.
- each reflector comprises means for reflecting a distinguishable portion of the pulse.
- the distinguishable portion is a particular wavelength or range of wavelengths.
- Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a branched network in which the invention may be utilised
- Figure 2 is a diagram of a trace of a monitored return signal
- Figure 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating how to calculate the change in attenuation in the type of branched network shown in Figure 1.
- Figure 1 shows a branched network constituted by a main optical fibre transmission line 1, a coupling array 2, and a plurality of branch lines 3.
- the coupling array 2 may typically comprise an array of 2 x 2 couplers, whereby the main line 1 is split into n output (branch) lines 3, each output line
- a commercially available OTDR 4 constituted by a pulse generator and a return signal monitor is connected to the input end of the main line 1.
- a pulse launched into the main line 1 proceeds to the coupling array 2, and is split n ways into the branch lines 3.
- the pulse is reflected back towards the OTDR 4.
- Each reflector 5 may be any suitable reflector, for example a cleaved end of the branch line fibre, a reflecting surface applied to the fibre, or a mirror or grating disposed within (or beyond) the far end of the branch line fibre.
- the reflectors 5 may be arranged to reflect all or a part of the signal pulse.
- the fraction of the launched pulse power reflected needs to be constant, over a range of environmental conditions, if any change in the amplitude of the reflected pulse is to be attributed to a change in incident pulse power, and hence to network attenuation.
- Figure 2 shows a typical OTDR oscilloscope trace that is obtained by displaying the signal returning to the OTDR 4. Initially, the signal is at a first level 6
- the trace described and shown in Figure 2 includes signals from backscattered light, and represents the signal that would be received by the OTDR 4. It will be observed that the reflection signal peaks 8, are of significantly higher intensity than the backscattering signal levels 6 and 7. Typically, a reflected signal from a cleaved fibre end may be approximately 14 dB below the incident power level, compared with backscattered power level which is approximately 60 dB below the incident power level. Thus, if only resolution of the peaks 8 is required, the same equipment will have an increased dynamic range of the order of 23dB, since a conventional OTDR displays the reflection peak amplitude as half its real value.
- reflector such as a mirrored and reflector which reflects more than 95% of the incident pulse power, could be used with a corresponding increase in dynamic range.
- less sensitive equipment may be used for resolving reflected signals than is necessary to resolve backscattered signals over a
- the peaks 8 are shown spaced apart, and this will be the case when the individual branch lines 3 are of different lengths, so that the reflections occur at different times.
- the actual peak spacing . depends upon pulse width (a wider pulse will broaden the reflection peak) and the difference in the distance travelled to the reflectors 5 in the different branch lines 3.
- a pulse width of around 200nm
- a branch line length difference of the order of 40 metres is required in order to give peak separation.
- Path length difference (or temporal pulse separation) may be ensured by incorporation of fibre loops (or delay loops) into the branch lines 3.
- the peaks 8 are superimposed, and it is necessary to have some other means (i.e. other than temporal separation resulting from path length difference) of distinguishing, at the monitoring end, between the separate branch line peak components of the compound peak.
- This may be achieved by arranging for the different branch lines 3 to reflect light of different wavelengths.
- the pulse generator of the OTDR 4 could be a tunable pulse source, such as a tunable laser, or a range of different wavelength pulse sources that are sequentially operated, and the peaks corresponding to the different wavelength reflectors could be monitored in turn as the corresponding wavelength is launched into the fibre.
- a broad band pulse source may be utilised, and the wavelengths
- a further alternative is to impose differing modulations at each reflector 5.
- a single continuous (i.e. non-pulsed) wavelength may then be used, in which case the receiver would be tuned to the modulation frequency of each reflector 5 in turn, and the peak or RMS amplitude measured.
- each reflector 5 reflects a distinguishable portion of the launched pulse that can be identified and related to its specific branch line 3. Moreover, if there is more than one reflector 5 in a given branch line 3, the positions of individual reflectors in that line can also be determined, for example from a knowledge of the relative branch line lengths to the individual reflectors, or by imposing identifying signals on each branch line, or by selectively attenuating each branch line reflection in turn and observing which peak becomes attenuated.
- the OTDR 4 does not, however, give an accurate measurement of attenuation, so it is
- the distance along the line of the fault can be established by usual OTDR backscattering monitoring.
- the OTDR measurement may be made from a different location, such as from an
- An alternative method of establishing the distance of the fault from the pulse source is to provide a series of reflectors 5 in each branch line 3, so that attenuation of the peak 8 from a particular reflector indicates that the fault lies in the link corresponding to the portion of fibre between the reflector from which attenuation is detected and the previous reflector.
- the intermediate reflectors 5 would each need to permit some continuing propagation, for example by partial reflection of the pulse amplitude, or by reflecting only a particular wavelength different to that of the other reflectors in the same path.
- This arrangement in addition to usefulness for identifying branch lines 3, has particular applicability where resolution over a large dynamic range is necessary, not necessarily in branch lines.
- the reflectors may have a reflectivity in the range of up to 50%, usually at least 0.5%. However, if wavelengths not used for the transmission of information signals are used greater reflectivity may be utilised.
- a reference point 9 within the main line 1 is selected, and a specific marker or indication of the reference location is incorporated into the network by providing a partially-reflective member or an attenuating member at the reference point.
- the change in attenuation of a branch of a branched network as shown in Figure 3 may be calculated using the method according to the invention as shown below.
- the branch 1 1 has a reflector R at its end e 1 , and the main line 1 has a reference point a. It is assumed that the pulse is launched from the OTDR, that a fault occurs in branch line 1 1 , and that the backscattering values are also included.
- P Optical power present at a in pulse travelling from the OTDR 4.
- L B Fraction of pulse power backscattered from the fibre at any one position.
- K n Fraction of pulse power at a present at e n for path n.
- L R Fraction of power reflected from each end e.
- n m K .P.L B
- e 1 can be calculated.
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DE90900263T DE68910695T2 (en) | 1988-12-06 | 1989-12-05 | LIGHT LOSS MEASUREMENT IN OPTICAL FIBERS. |
AT90900263T ATE97236T1 (en) | 1988-12-06 | 1989-12-05 | LIGHT LOSS MEASUREMENT IN OPTICAL FIBERS. |
DK911068A DK106891D0 (en) | 1988-12-06 | 1991-06-04 | LOSS DETECTION |
HK135596A HK135596A (en) | 1988-12-06 | 1996-07-25 | Loss detection |
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CA (1) | CA2004674C (en) |
DE (1) | DE68910695T2 (en) |
DK (1) | DK106891D0 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2046775T3 (en) |
GB (1) | GB8828408D0 (en) |
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